This document, released in May 1967, was a report to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. It deals with a number of issues effecting civil rights in the Milwaukee area such as segregation in schools, the bussing of students, open housing,...

News film clips of Supervisor Nowakowski giving his opinions of white riots and Father Groppi. In the first clip he condemns the mob insanity that has taken hold of white teenagers on the South Side, and wonders how parents can allow their children...

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Father Groppi annotation. Father Groppi center (shoe off) "Fair housing march in Milwaukee. There were over 200 days of consistent marches. Fifteen suburbs passed laws, and Milwaukee's ordinance covered 100% of the property."

Clips of Father Groppi, Prentice McKinney, and the Youth Council speaking to reporters at the burned out Freedom House. During the interview, Father Groppi claims that the police started the fire and affirms the rights of the activists to...

News film clips of Father Groppi, with the Youth Council in attendance, speaking at the Unitarian Church West, September 20, 1967. In the clips Groppi shares his perspective on the struggle for open housing legislation in Milwaukee, his life...

News film clips of Father James Groppi the day after the first open housing march across the 16th Street bridge on August 28 1967. The first clip has Groppi describing the event as a "white riot" and asking Mayor Meier to provide better protection...

News film clips of Mayor Meier (Milwaukee) and Mayor Klentz (West Allis) discuss the merits of metropolitan government in Milwaukee County. In the first clip Maier opines that metropolitan government would cure many urban problems. Klentz disagrees...

News film clips of Mayor Meier at a press conference discussing the open housing march of August, 28, 1967. In the first clip he states that his office has been told that civil rights leaders in the city have tried unsuccessfully to dissuade Father...

Footage of a Milwaukee Common Council meeting where Alderwoman Vel Phillips resubmits her open housing legislation. Alderman Robert Dwyer speaks about the threat of violence. Father Groppi and Commandos are seen in the audience.

News film clips of a press conference with Milwaukee County Supervisor Richard Nowakowski, August 30, 1967. Nowakowski takes questions from the media, discussing the marches, the counter-demonstrations, and Father Groppi.

Footage of an interview with Dick Gregory. Gregory says that he hopes to help the cause led by Father Groppi in Milwaukee and speaks against Mayor Maier's curfew, ban on nighttime marching, and the lack of police protection.

Arms was born in Milwaukee and attended North Division High School before joining the Commandos. He discusses fellow marchers, the Freedom House, the 1968 Poor People's Campaign in Washington D.C., and job discrimination in the local union. Lastly,...